Democratic Rule of Law on Trial

Sonja Grover is a full professor in the Faculty of Education, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada. She graduated with a PhD from University of Toronto and has devoted the last 20 years of her career to law research. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed international and comparative law journals and has also single-authored numerous law books. Sonja is an associate editor with The International Journal of Human Rights .Sonja is committed to improving the human rights situation of vulnerable groups, especially children, by exposing through her research publications where and how domestic and international legal systems have failed these groups and offering suggestions for remediation. She also has a keen interest in the fundamentals of the democratic rule of law, an area of study to which this book is a significant contribution.

• Acknowledgements Preface 1 The Democratic Rule of Law and Free Speech Examined in the Context of the Second Impeachment Trial of Donald J. Trump 2 The Trump First Amendment Twitter Case: Blocking the Public’s Political Speech on Government Social Media Accounts 3 The First Amendment Defence, Alleged “Political Speech” and Disinformation Campaigns 4 The First Amendment Right to Petition the Government for Redress Versus the Intimidation of Elected Officials and Speech Promulgating Disinformation 5 The First Amendment Rights of Public School Students: The Snapchat Case 6 The Democratic Rule of Law, Religious Freedom and the Public Interest: Different Cases, Different Equities to Consider 7 Concluding Remarks: On the Role of the Courts in Upholding the Democratic Rule of Law Index